Ticket stamping and delivering machine.



PATENTED JUNE 5, 1906. H. H. GUMMINGS. TICKET STAMPING AND DELIVBRING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

HENRY H. CUMMINGS. 0F MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T i ADAMS D. .CLAFLHL OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

gTIOKET STAMPlNG AND DELiVERING MACHINE.

Patented June 5, 1906.

Original appiicaticn filed february 19, 19041 daria! No. 194,334. Divided and this application iled November 5, 1904. Serial No. 231,541.

To a@ whom, t 1v1/tty concern:

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and 'tiseful vImprovements in Ticket Stamp.- inA and rDeliverin Machines, of which t e fo owing is a spec' ication.

My invention relates to ticket stampin and delivering machines; and the object di my invention is to (provide a iight machine oi improve construction w 'ch can be carried by a car conductor and used by him to stamp and deliver tickets to pa'ssen ers.

ingvmachine comprises an operating member, a ticket holder, a stamping device Worked by said operating member; and a ticket-feeder which is also preferably Worked by the operating member. In the best form o my invention the stamping device and ticket-feeder are so connected with the operating member that the latter is moved'n one direction from its normal position to o erate the stamping device and is moved in t c opposite direction from its normal position to operate the feeder.

ther features of my invention are hereinafter pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation partly in section, of a ticket stamping and delivering machine embodying one form ci my inventionf Fig, 2 is asection on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3'is a plan view of the topside oi' the type-carrier hereinafter referred to. Fig. 4 isa view of the under side of the typecarrier shown in Fi 3, Fig.

i; the typecarrier shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are enlarged details of the type-carriershown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5 and are hereinafter described. 8 is a plan view of the platen hereinafter referred to. Fig. 9 is a section on line 9 9 of F ig. 8. Fig. 10 is an elevation of the ticket-feeder hereinafter referred to. Fig. 1 1 shows a length of the ticket-strip used in my improved machine.

As herein shown, the operatingmember 3 of my improved ticket stam ing and delivering machine is controlled gy coin-operated mechanism, so that .said member is normally looked against movement; but by depositing ortable My improved ticket stamping and delivdri in the machine e coin of the proper denomination said member can be freed and used to stam and deliver a ticket. For an understan ing of the construction and operation of this coinmperated mechanism, however, reference may be had to the ori inal application, Serial No. 194,334, led ebruary 19, 1904, of which it forms the `subject-matter and from which the present application has been divided.

VThe tickets used with my machine are in the form oi' a strip c, coiled loosely upon a s'tripholder 6, herein shown as a cylindrical drum fixed Within a casing 1. Strip a exthencc over a platen 30 to an exit-slot 31, provided through the Wali of casing 1 at one endoi the platen.

The operating member '3 te a short partici casing 1, and'totheinner end Vofshaft isis Viine'd an arm '21, through which the ticket or strip feeder 32 is operated. Feeder 32 is herein shown as a paw-'l pivotaiiy connected at its upper end to a lever 33.` fnl- The hooked u per arm 33"L of lever 33 is in the path o the arm 21 on shaft 19 by'ia spring 35, fastened at 36 to casing 1 and at 37 to feeder 32, the latter being held by said` s ring against a uide 38, fixed to casing V1.V en it is desired to project the end of strip a from slot 31 sulcientiy to allow the 'operator to rasp thstend to remove 'a stamped ticket) t e operating member 3 is swung in one direction from its normal position-c. e., to the right inV Fig'. 2. This movement of Vmeniber` 3 raises arm 21 thereby swinging lever 33 so as to lower feeder 32 untii the lower end strip-1o, after which the lower end o feeder 32 s' 'des overplaten 30, (to the right in Fig. 1,) carrying stri a with it toward exit 31 and causing the en of said strip exit 31, as indicated at c', 1g. 1. en operating, member .3 and arm 21 are returned to normal position, sprin and feeder 32 to norma position. Durin this return movement of feeder 32 backwa Y Ymovement of strip a is prevented byva leafs ring 39,

p aten 30 and bearing at its other end upon strip a. The pressure of this spring,V howcrumed upon astud 34, fastto casing li.

to pro`ect fron:

35 returns lever 33 V tends from holder 6 under a guide-rod 4 and shaftV 19, journaied iii 's hearing 2S, forming or foot of the latter enga es the fixed at one end to one side of ever, is insufficient to hold said stri a ainst movement with feeder 32 when t e atter makes its feeding stroke.

The strip of paper a is made through its len th, as shown 1n Fig. 11, with a serles of perforations a2 near one edge, and one of these perforations is normally in engagement with a finger 66, rovided on the lower end of feeder 32, sai finger 66 extending up- Wardly through a slot 66, Figs. 8 and 9, 1n the platen 30. The feeder 32 is made with an offset extension 67, which extends downwardly at one side of strip a and then laterally under the strip, terminating in the finger 66, which is directly below the foot 68 of feeder 32i vWhen feeder 32 is lowered, as above described, to feed the strip a a step, of c'ourse finger 66 is at the same time withdrawn from the perforation a2, and said finger does not rengage with that same perforation when feeder 32 is returned to its normal elevated position because of the lateral displacement of said perforation occasioned by the feed-that is, in feeding the strip a step the finger 66. is first withdrawn from the perforation a?, and the movement imparted to the strip a by the feeder carries that perforation4 out of ran e of fin er 66 when it is raised with the fee er, so t at it then bears upon an unperforated ortion of the under side of strip a. After t e stam ing has been effected, as hereinafter descri ed, the projecting end of strip c is grasped by hand and the strip drawn out' through exit 3l until the next perforation a? reaches and enga es iinger 66 which prevents further outwar movement of strip a until feeder 32 is again o erated. .As soon as the stalnped portion o the stri which may re resent a transfer-ticket is t us drawn out o casing 1 it is separated from the strip by using the bottom edge 31a of exit 31 as a straight-edge and tearing the strip transversely at that point. It will therefore be clear that finger 66, coperating With the perforation a, serves as an automatic spacer to determine the points at which the strip is separated.

' `Inorder to insure the engagement of the erforation's a2 with finger 66,` the spring 39 1s made with an extension 39., which bears upon the strip, and in order that the foot 68 of feeder 32 will not land on said extension when the feeder is lowered said foot is cut away or bifurcated, as shown in Fig. 10, so as to straddle the extension.

The strip stamping or impressing nleans comprises, besides platen 30, a type-carrier 40, pivotally supported at one end by a removable pin 41, mounted at its ends in extension 3()a of platen 30, and at its opposite end the type-carrier is yieldino'ly supported by a spring 58, fixed to one of the extensions of platen 30. The distance between the two extensions 30a is about the same as the width of strip a, so that the latter can bc passed i receive it.

around guide-rod 4 and then over platen 3U to exit 31.

Type-carrier 40 is made with pockets 42 upon its under face adapted to receive types 43, bearin desired characters. These types 43 are hel within pockets 42 by sta le-like detents 44, forced or sprung into said) pockets behind the types and which can be removed whcn different types are to be substituted for those already in place. Alongside the pockets 42 is a series ofcharacters 45, arranged in a circle and herein shown as provided upon the outer face of a ring 46, driven into a recess rovided in type-carrier 40 to T ese characters 45 are twelve in number and arranged in two semieircular groups each including the characters2, 4, 6, 8,10,and12,oneofsaid roups re resenting A. M. and the other M.

Vithin the ring 46 is a movable type-block 47, havin(r for its character an arrow. This .type-block 47 is integral with a spindle 48,

Journaled in a bearing on type-carrier 40 and carrying at its upperend a gear 49,driven, throu h an idler 50, by a inion 51, having one half t le number of teet of gear 49.

Fixed to pinion 51 is a crank-arm 52, forked at its outer end to adapt it to be connected with a clockwork 53, herein shown as an ordinary watch with its minute-hand and crystal removed and held in place upon four osts 54 concentrically with relation to pinlon 51 and the axis of arm 52 by a springarm 55, fastened to the type-carrier 40. The forked end of arm A52 straddles -the hourhand of watch 53, as indicated in Fig. 7, and said arm and its pinion 51 thereby are caused to rotate `with said hand. This rotation of pinion 51 acts, through idler 50 and gear 49, to rotate the type-block 47, which, as will be obvious, moves at half the speed of the hourhand of the watch 53. The purpose of this speed-reducin f train of gears is to reduce the strain on the dnelicate hour-hand of the watch 53 and, secondarily, to provide for the arrangement of twenty-four-hour spaces in the single ring of characters 46.

By reference to Figs. 6 and 7 it will be seen that spindle 48 at its upper end has fixed rigidly toit b Y means of a screw 43 a head 48h, on which t 1e gear 49 is loosely journaled, and said gear is connected with the head 48" by means of a spring 48, fastened at one end to gear 49 and at its other end to the yhead 48h. This construction is used to prevent strain on the delicate mechanism of the watch 53 while ty e-block 47 is in enga ement with strip a., r uring which time sald lock is prevented from turning, as well as to prevent watch 53 from being stopped by a prolonged engagement of block 47 with strip 28. ln other words, the spring 48c provides a yielding connection between gear 49 and s indie through which watch 53 drives sai( spin- ICO ' of the instrument and occupy ed upon a stud 61 fast to operating member and these are so or anized and arranged that chine, in combination a. strip-holder a p aten season In order to hold Watch 53 against rotary movement on its supporting-posts, a yoke 56 is provided, exten ing upvvardiy from the type-carrier 40 and through which the stem of said Watch extends.

At one end the type-carrier 40 is made with an o en socket 59 in engagement with one end o a toggle member 60. At its other end the toggle member 60 is pivotally mount- 3 and extendin through a slot 62, provided in casing 1. hat part of o erating niember 3 between stud' 61 and s aft 19 constitutes the other member of the toggle.

B removing pin 41 type-carrier 4() can be quic l .disconnected from toggle 6() and remove when changes' are to be made in the type and as easily returned to place.

o o erate the type-carrier, member 3 is swung rom its normal position in a direction opposite to that in which it is swun to operate the feeder-ki. e., to the left in 2- and, as Will now appear, either the feeder 32 or t pefcarrier 40 can be operated inde-` pen ently of the'other by the same handle or member 3. The top face of the platen 39 is covered by a pad 57, of tough but more or less yielding material, such as leather, so thatwhen typecarrier 4Q is lowered and the .type carried thereby are forced down upon the paper strip 28 the characters of the type are einbossed upon the strip.

- The subjeetmatter of the timepiece-operated types, their carrier, and associated mechanism is contained and reserved for claim in an application, Serial No. 255,697, filed as a division of this application on or about A ril 15, 1905.

By te above-described construction I have provided a compact, light, and ortable ticket stamping and delivering macliine'especially adapted to beused` by car conductors to stamp and deliver transfer-tickets to passengers wherein few parts are employed,

they cannot be a 'ected by rough handlin ut a ema amount of space;

What I claim is- 1.V in a ticket stamping and deliverin meover which the strip passes from saidholder; a stamping device; apawl engagin the strip for feeding the strip over the p aten and means connecting the stamping device and i pawl with the operating member thiou which movement of said member in one 1- re'ction operates the stamping device and movement of said member in another direo. tion olperates the pawl.

2. n chine, in combination, a stripdioider 3 a4 p aten over which the strip passes from said holder a stamping device; a strip-feeding pawl; an operating member; a toggle connecting the stamping device and operating member; and a levier connecting the operating member and aw i p 3. In a ticket stamping and deiiverin ma,- chine; in combination a strip-holder a p aten over Whichthe strip passes from Ysaid holder; a stamping device; a strip-feeding pawl; an operating member; a toggle connecting the stamping device and operating member; and a lever connecting the operating i'neniber and pawi, said toggle and lever being arranged so that movement of seid member in one direcd tion from its normal position Vacts through the toggle to operate the stamping device and movement of said member in another direetion from its normai position acts through the lever to o erate'tiie strip-feeding pawl.

4. A stripolder, a platen over which the a ticket stamping and deliverin mastrip passes from sald holder; means to stam 85 the strip; a feed-pawl for engaging one si e the stri for engaging perforations in the latter; an means to operate the pawl and iiner. g 5. A strip-holder; a platen over which the strippasses from said holder means to stamp the strip; a strip-feeding pawl carrying a reentrant finger op osite its foot for engaging perforations in t e strip, means to operate the pavvl and a resilient finger to engage the strip and prevent return movement of the strip with the pawi.

6. A strip-holder; a platerrover which the strip passes from said holder; an operating member, a type-carrier; a toggleV connect' the operating member and type-carrier wit provision for removal of the latter at Will and strip-feeding means controlled by sai Aoperatin member.

Signe by me at Boston, Massachusetts, this lith day of November, 1904.

ODIN B. Renners, CHARLES D. Woonnnar.

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